Yuxisaurus
Field photograph to come
Yuxisaurus
DV-1196
- Lived
- 193 to 184 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early armored dinosaurs
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Yao et al. 2022
Field notes
About Yuxisaurus
Yuxisaurus was a plant-eating early armored dinosaur that lived in the Early Jurassic, 193 to 184 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yuxisaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Fengjiahe Formation. It was named by Yao et al. in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
190 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Thyreophoroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Yao, P. M. Barrett, and L. Yang, X. Xu, S. D. Bi. 2022. A new early branching armored dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of southwestern China. eLife 11:e75248:1-37